US indicts Venezuela leader Maduro for ‘narco-terrorism’

2020-03-27

Washington (AFP) – The United States indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and several top aides on Thursday for “narco-terrorism” and offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his capture.The Justice Department accused Maduro of leading a cocaine-trafficking gang called “The Cartel of the Suns” that shipped hundreds of tons of narcotics into the US over two decades, earning hundreds of millions of dollars. Investigators say the cartel worked hand-in-hand with the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which the United States has labeled a “terrorist organiza…